The Bridge

Yuki

9:00 PM

-1 for no romance sidequest

Also, -1 for no karma meter

fredley

HamStare @Yuki

Yuki

Note: Don't actually implement a karma meter. I hate those things.

fredley

There won't be a karma meter, there will be microtransactions

RedRiderX

Oh nice

I hope you have some bulk options

Yuki

> Oh ~~nice~~ my

fredley

9:01 PM

> go east
> Waiting... 23:59:59 (rush: 247 coinz)

RedRiderX

Like $100+

I like to just get those kind of purchases out of the way quickly.

1 min ago, by fredley

HamStare @Yuki

fredley

badp

@fredley I hope there's a problem with the oneboxing APIs, because that'd make my life a little easier

Yuki

@RedRiderX I love how games consider purchases of $100+ "microtransactions".

Really, anything that costs more than $5 really can't be considered a micro-transaction anymore.

RedRiderX

@Yuki If they offer something like that they are no longer "games", they are scammy social experiments.

fredley

9:03 PM

►

RedRiderX

@fredley Ah yes that was quite the review.

fredley

@RedRiderX Yes

Yes it was

Wipqozn

I honestly think that EA should be sent to jail for being huge jerks for the Dungeon KEeper mobile game.

SaintWacko

What is this Mamota thing, anyways?

RedRiderX

There are some people who think that it was made this bad on purpose to comply with business requirements but be as big a flop as possible so EA would think about ditching these practices.

But that seems far fetched.

Then again.

fredley

9:06 PM

@Wipqozn Over 13k 5* reviews

@SaintWacko New game I'm making

RedRiderX

@fredley This seems far fetched.

Wipqozn

@fredley That's because they gave people money to post a review, but mislead them into thinking they'd only give them money for giving thme a 5 star review.

Seriously, fuck EA.

3

RedRiderX

@fredley This might also happen because of the "rate us for gems" stuff

@Wipqozn So yeah basically that.

user15026

@Wipqozn bastards

Arperum

@fredley I can't even think about watching that again without getting angry.

fredley

9:08 PM

@Arperum Yup, I'm angry

David M

@fredley It was a joke! It would be impossible!!!!

Arperum

@fredley Same here, they took a good game and killed it.

fredley

What I'm amazed hasn't happened is doing f2p, but with a single payment to speed up the game forever.

RedRiderX

So this is pretty much the cancer in the market that is the single thing poising the well for everybody.

fredley

Get people hooked, then charge them the price of the game

FAE

9:08 PM

RedRiderX

More then anything else

fredley

You'd probaly make a similar amount of money if you priced it right

Arperum

@fredley That would be accceptable. That's basically a free demo you give them.

fredley

And not piss anyone off

user15026

@FAE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa <3

Yuki

9:09 PM

@FAE Those eyes make it look like a plushie, not an actual rabbit.

fredley

@Arperum Quite, a free, fully functional demo, that just makes you wait to perform actions

FAE

@AshleyNunn I knoooooooow

Yuki

Still adorable though.

fredley

Like free-ad-supported but with a different kind of annoyance!

FAE

@Yuki baby things have large eyes!

Arperum

9:09 PM

@FAE Suddenly I'm thinking of Frozen. (cc @Yuki )

Yuki

@Arperum The only thing that I think could trigger that is "carrots".

Arperum

@Yuki That's exactly what did it.

Yuki

@Arperum Yeah... the only reason why I can't say that triggered it for me is because I'm thinking of Frozen right now.

Sterno

Eyes don't grow. You're born with them being the size they'll always be. That's why baby eyes seem freaky huge.

FAE

@Sterno This

Arperum

9:11 PM

@Yuki I wasn't.

Yuki

I've actually have a rotation of what Frozen songs I listen to on what days.

I need help.

user15026

@Yuki days of the week, or based on mood?

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Days of the week for now.

My mood tends to be fairly static.

Wipqozn

I'll likely be seeing that on thursday. For reals this time.

Yuki

When I say "help", I mean "addiction counseling".

I'm actually half-serious about this. I really probably do need addiction counseling for Frozen.

fredley

9:15 PM

I've finally found the man I've been looking for all my life

SaintWacko

@fredley Holy shit that was amazing

fredley

@SaintWacko Yeah...

GnomeSlice

Just you so you guys know I probably won't be around much anymore

Fluttershy

How come?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice What? :(

Why not?

GnomeSlice

9:17 PM

I don't want to talk about it

user15026

@GnomeSlice Okay :( hug

GnomeSlice

home stuff

fredley

@GnomeSlice :(

SaintWacko

:(

Will you be back?

Yuki

2

GnomeSlice

9:18 PM

Probably. We'll see how it goes. I don't know how restricted I'm going to be.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Will miss having you about.

fredley

@GnomeSlice They have internet in the air nowadays.

GnomeSlice

Fancy

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno noisey.vice.com/blog/…

kalina

@Lazers what happened here? This doesn't usually happen unless the question is deleted and it's certainly not deleted! (I just answered it!)

fredley

9:19 PM

@kalina Lazers is bork

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Aww :(

LessPop_MoreFizz

@kalina @badp has been futzing with lazers.

kalina

@GnomeSlice :(

FEichinger

@kalina Someone broke @Lazers

FAE

@GnomeSlice Good luck with everything

GnomeSlice

9:19 PM

I may be able to keep coming. Just, if I stop showing up, that might be a thing

LessPop_MoreFizz

@gnomeslice :( g'luck with everything. Holler if there's anything I can do.

kalina

@fredley @LessPop_MoreFizz @FEichinger actually I was just looking for a cheap reason to point out I have just written a wall of text answer to that question and that I expect to be flooded with upvotes, like... 5 minutes ago

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Lazers in this room is default Lazers

@GnomeSlice Best of luck, Gnome.

FEichinger

@kalina REEEP WHOOOOORE!

fredley

@kalina downvotes

kalina

9:21 PM

@FEichinger "so?"

At least when I post answers I get more upvotes than downvotes

I take solace in this fact

FEichinger

@kalina Well, at least you finally accept it.

Frank

@Wipqozn Oh? Did someone say that?

Lazers

0

Q: Downloading working on Ouya, but installing is not

I have being trying to install some games on Ouya recently and is not working. The only abnormal thing I did before was pushing two games to my ouya box from the web, that where installed without any problem, but no game after that is installed properly. I have being searching for something relat...

ouya

user15026

@kalina Is there a reason you need to point that out? I mean like yay you did a thing, but this seems a lot like "I did a thing plz reward"

kalina

@AshleyNunn that's because that's exactly what is going on!

GnomeSlice

9:22 PM

Pretty much my parents want me to make progress in my life. I mean I want to as well, but I get so scared I just hide on the intenet. So... bye internet.

For now, possibly.

user15026

@kalina That....okay, no, I am not going to comment because like I just...nope.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Lemme know if you need help with anything :)

kalina

@AshleyNunn at least I'm honest about the fact

Yuki

@GnomeSlice We'll miss you @GnomeSlice, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

fredley

@Lazers Wow, ouya

user15026

9:22 PM

@kalina That, tbh, doesn't make terrible behaviour any better

Yuki

@GnomeSlice Good luck and godspeed.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Best of luck to you.

kalina

@AshleyNunn There was a large degree of sarcasm going on as well, but shrug

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Good luck! Finding work is hard, but don't get discouraged!

FAE

@GnomeSlice I wish you the best of luck, feel free to ping me on Steam if you need anything.

user15026

9:23 PM

@GnomeSlice You can do it. I believe in you. sends good thinkings in your direction

GnomeSlice

I'll probably be back at most within a couple weeks. But thanks

user15026

@kalina I'm just saying, it doesn't look all that awesome.

kalina

@GnomeSlice Just focus on what you need to do, you can do it

GnomeSlice

I'd say thanks to everyone but mobul chat

Unionhawk

Godspeed, sir

kalina

9:24 PM

@AshleyNunn unfortunately, me caring about appearing awesome has ended

fredley

@GnomeSlice Protip: Progress in the way you want to progress, even if it's not the way your parents/school/whatever think you should progress. You know yourself better than them, and the further you go down their path rather than your own the harder it is to get back to what you want to do.

user15026

@kalina Noted.

user15026

@fredley With some caveats, but essentially yeah

fredley

@AshleyNunn Well yes. But I did the wrong thing for a long time because I assumed that my school knew what was best for me.

@AshleyNunn Set me back a couple of years, literally. One of those was a very bad year indeed, the other was recovery from that year.

user15026

@fredley The past year has taught me the only person who knows what is good for me is me. I mean it doesn't mean I can play video games and eat doritos all day, but you know.

kalina

9:26 PM

I have tried playing games and eating doritos all day

user15026

@fredley I know that feel. I am still rebuilding after a breakup almost two years ago wherein I lost a lot. Making ALL THE CHANGES is such a long process.

fredley

@AshleyNunn Well yes. But being a hot-shot video-game reviewer is a job. If sitting around playing video games is what you want to be doing with your life and you commit to it, you can do well.

GnomeSlice

So yeah, you guys are awesome. See you anywhere between tomorrow and next month

hopefully no longger

badp

@GnomeSlice Finding work without the internet is going to be 100× harder

GnomeSlice

mobbile cghat is the best

kalina

9:27 PM

@GnomeSlice good luck <3

FAE

@AshleyNunn you've come a long way baby~

user15026

@fredley yes, but you need to do more than just play stuff, you gotta get yourself out there :)

GnomeSlice

@badp trafficmonitor

fredley

@GnomeSlice Focus on working out what you want to do with your life, not just on plugging onwards with work.

user15026

@FAE Today, I am so not even feeling that even a tiny bit, but I appreciate the sentiment

SaintWacko

9:27 PM

@GnomeSlice Cya. Hurry back. We'll miss you

badp

@GnomeSlice oh, okay.

fredley

@AshleyNunn Well quite.

FAE

@AshleyNunn It's okay, I will tell you anyway. <3

GnomeSlice

@fredley I'll try

fredley

@GnomeSlice It's hard, but work out what thing you could commit to for 5 years and not even care if it didn't work out.

@GnomeSlice You have A) talents, and B) passions. Find a way to use both.

Yuki

9:30 PM

@fredley I still don't know what I want to do. Right now, programming's the thing I enjoy the most, next to gaming.

Frank

I've got a friend that has a degree in computer science, yet still lives with his parents, and lets them run roughshod over him.

Yuki

And reading. And Frozen. And dammit, we're back to that.

fredley

@Yuki Me too! I'm sitting here, on a Sunday evening, coding a Django project. I will go to work tomorrow morning and code a Django project.

Frank

The guy has more education than I do, and yet, is happy to work in a call center, answering phones. I don't get it.

FAE

@Frank Some people are content with what they have.

kalina

9:31 PM

@Frank call centers are properly chill

Frank

@FAE He's not; he bitches about it all the time.

FEichinger

@Frank If it paid off enough, I'd do that, too.

user15026

@Frank Honestly, accept that it is his life, and he is where he is

FAE

@Frank Maybe content in his discontent then?

user15026

because sometimes, there is so much more going on than you can possibly fathom

badp

9:32 PM

He's probably in a local optimum

Frank

@FAE I dunno. Maybe. I just think he should move out and live his own life.

FAE

@Frank Easier said than done for some though, you know?

badp

and going from there to the next local optimum is going to be a ton of effort and he can't muster the strength yet

or something

user20683

my uncle worked for the state version of the EPA for 40 years

user20683

hated all of it

badp

9:32 PM

I speak about this stuff as if I had a clue

user15026

@Frank Don't ever assume you know what is best for people, especially if you don't have all the details

FAE

It's his life though, in the end, so he's the one who makes the decisions about it.

kalina

@AshleyNunn this so much, everybody is unique and handled and reacts to things differently

fredley

If I'd followed the path laid out for me I'd have a maths degree and a soul-destroying but lucrative job, and I'd be miserable.

SaintWacko

@fredley

Wipqozn

9:33 PM

@kalina I've always understood it to be the exact opposite.

user20683

if I'd fully optimized I'd have 5 or 6 degrees by now

FAE

Even if they're objectively not the best ones, we all have to make our own mistakes and own those too.

fredley

@SaintWacko yeah dupe socket somehow

Wipqozn

Everyone I've ever known who has spent anytime working in a call centre said it was the worst job they ever worked.

fredley

I need to sort out de-duplication of sockets

user15026

9:33 PM

Hell my dad is a mechanic. That is ALL HE HAS EVER DONE. For like....30 something years. He comes home, he tells my mom it sucks, but he goes back every damn day because he does like it, parts of it, but he doesn't know how else to deal, other than to only see the bad parts when my mom asks how he is

SaintWacko

@fredley Hm, interesting

fredley

It also causes weirdness when refreshing

FAE

@Wipqozn Yeah, same. :(

user15026

That's just how it goes sometimes.

kalina

@Wipqozn it's chill in a different way, like the second it's hometime, you go home, nothing about work matters - you turn back up when you next start, you can almost freestyle the actual work, depending on how mentally involved it is

user20683

9:34 PM

I used to work call center

kalina

for example, I used to work in a callcenter supporting PCs, and I could do that in my sleep

almost literally

user15026

I tried, they rejected me

user15026

:P

kalina

it was annoying because you were constantly answering the phones all day

SaintWacko

@fredley To leave, do I just close the tab?

kalina

9:34 PM

customers were screaming at you

user20683

I did cold calling

user15026

Apparently I don't come across well on the phone

user15026

This....shocks me not a little

user20683

that was fun

FAE

Every one of my friends who have worked at call centers ended up hating it and some ended up suicidal.

kalina

9:34 PM

but if you approached it from a point of view that they were screaming at you, you were just the person from the company they hated that answered th e phone, and didn't take anything personally, it was pretty relaxing

Unionhawk

@WorldEngineer liar

fredley

@SaintWacko Yeah, or type reset to reset everything

spugsley

SWEET POTATOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

user15026

@FAE I know a handful of people who thrive there.

user20683

@Unionhawk note the italics

Fluttershy

9:35 PM

I'm so glad I applied for a job at a call center last week! >_>

kalina

but being able to get to home time and just switch off "work mode" is brilliant

fredley

I used to work in a call centre, it was actually awesome fun. The callcentre was in Bangalore.

badp

@Fluttershy best of luck anyway! You can always reject if they offer.

fredley

@SaintWacko Looks like both sockets got killed

FAE

@AshleyNunn I'm glad! All I know is apparently working for AT&T can be brutal.

SaintWacko

9:36 PM

@fredley Alright. I closed the tab

kalina

call centers nearly always offer extensive overtime with high paying rates as well

SaintWacko

time to go shower

Fluttershy

@badp Thanks! I've made it to the interview before, but I bombed the interview. So... hopefully that won't happen if I make it that far this time.

user15026

@Fluttershy You can do it! I believe in you! <3

fredley

@SaintWacko The models I'm using for the rooms/chat objects are from the socketio example, so I'll need to dig a bit to work out what's going on

badp

9:36 PM

@Fluttershy Where do you see yourself in 15 years?!?!???!

Fluttershy

@badp "Not working here anymore."

fredley

Should be able to bind a chat entity to a user and make sure there's only ever one.

badp

@Fluttershy HA HA! Trick question! All answers are wrong! HA HA!

Fluttershy

Alternatively, "Where you are."

fredley

@Fluttershy "Your boss"

badp

9:37 PM

(no, seriously, what do people expect to hear when they ask that?)

Fluttershy

"Fifteen years? Pssssh. I'll be your boss in ten or less. Tops."

fredley

@badp Best thing to say is 'living here with a family'. Implies you want to settle, are likely to stick around in the job.

badp

@fredley does a call center even want people to stick around?

Unionhawk

"Not having to answer another bullshit interview question again"

fredley

@badp Yes, training new people is hard work

user15026

9:39 PM

@badp I have always wondered that

fredley

@Unionhawk "In Aging Booth"

RedRiderX

@FAE :I

Unionhawk

@fredley Well played

FAE

@AshleyNunn I maintain that there's never an answer they actually want to hear to this, it's just a question interviewers ask because they have the power to do so while the interviewees are at their mercy. >_>

@RedRiderX This is why I said take care of yourself and mind your stress levels!

kalina

@badp they want to hear that you have ambition and an intent that you're going to stick around rather than just become another turnover statistic

RedRiderX

9:41 PM

@FAE Good advice for any position.

FAE

@RedRiderX Also true.

Yuki

Guys, guys, guys, I'm on Reddit's 3rd page!

user15026

@FAE That is torture I do not like.

Yuki

/underwhelming

user15026

@Yuki ooooh

badp

9:41 PM

@Yuki woo

user15026

@Yuki Hey now, I am adequately whelmed by this news.

badp

@Yuki Hey, this is deserving of /r/mildlyinteresting.

fredley

@Yuki link

Unionhawk

@Yuki "This guy is addicted to Frozen so let's call that /r/funny"?

RedRiderX

@Yuki What wha!

Also

Oh my.

Yuki

9:42 PM

reddit.com/r/Frozen/comments/1wtzt5/…

Unionhawk

@RedRiderX DEN--GODDAMMIT

Yuki

I went to the front page, click "next" twice, and there I was.

Like, the actual Reddit page, not r/Frozen.

badp

with a score of 6?

Yuki

@badp Yeah, I was surprised.

Unionhawk

There are going to be no peoples at mass tonight. Calling it now.

badp

9:43 PM

My highscore for a submission is 457

Yuki

But a lot of stuff on r/Frozen is making the front pages.

badp

@Yuki wait r/Frozen is a default subreddit?

I don't... think so.

FAE

@AshleyNunn Likewise.

Yuki

@badp Apparently, it used to be an old subreddit for something else but went inactive and a bunch of fans appropriated it.

Unionhawk

Are you talking www.reddit.com, or /r/all, or /r/frontpage or something?

Yuki

9:45 PM

@Unionhawk www.reddit.com

Unionhawk

Because reddit will show you your subreddits

Yuki

@Unionhawk That's probably it, now that I think about it.

Unionhawk

There's another page that's the real front page of the reddits

Yuki

Sad, thought I was Internet Famous for a short period of time.

Unionhawk

It's either /r/front, or /r/all, I don't really remember

badp

9:46 PM

ctrl-shift-n reddit.com enter (INB4 UnionHawk, since INB4s seem to be a big deal)

Unionhawk

Or unsigned-in reddit.com

Yuki

badp

@Yuki block him forever

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz soundcloud.com/fundave/unreleased-daft-punk-haa-era

@Yuki Much rage...?

Yuki

Very lack of two word restriction.

Unionhawk

9:48 PM

@Yuki Goddammit I hate the High School graduating class of 2014/College class of 2018 so much.

Yuki

I'm not sure how I feel about this post. I assume it's meant to attack radical feminism. Or at least I hope.

badp

I for one do not give a fuck about becoming James Bond

fredley

@Yuki headdesk

FAE

@Yuki Given where it was posted, I doubt it.

Unionhawk

@Yuki The Internet.

user15026

9:49 PM

@Yuki You are Internet Famous to meeeeee

FAE

@AshleyNunn My brain inserted a couple more "to meeeee's" at the end of this, as in that part in Bohemian Rhapsody

user15026

@FAE Now I am singing it :P

Unionhawk

...

FAE

@AshleyNunn meeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

RedRiderX

I'm singing Let it Go

badp

9:51 PM

My idea of a moonshot is getting a stub on Wikipedia about myself. And that's a loooooooooooooooooong shot.

RedRiderX

Thanks @Yuki

badp

(Please don't vandalize Wikipedia)

Yuki

@RedRiderX Let the storm rage OOOOOOOOOOOOOONNN!!!

RedRiderX

vandalizes all of Wikipedia

@Yuki AAAAAGH NO I CANT SING IT ALL DAY AGAIN

badp

@Yuki TMI

RedRiderX

9:52 PM

@Yuki ...

Unionhawk

@Yuki ಠ_ಠ

fredley

@Unionhawk ಠ_ಠ intensifies

Unionhawk

...?

Nevermind don't answer that

kalina

@Yuki the fact that some men in the world believe James Bond to be the ideal male is hilarious

badp

@Unionhawk gee I can click on @Unionhawk's face.

Unionhawk

9:54 PM

@kalina Yeah, pretty much

fredley

@Unionhawk I had the gif ready and everything

Ready for @badp to remove

badp

@fredley Why do you hate jimmies?

fredley

@badp I don't hate anything

I am 100% certified hate free

badp

Apr 9 '13 at 15:43, by fredley

@kalina Though I do hate upvote begging, I hate mobile chat more.

RedRiderX

Oh wow signing up for new SE sites is like amazingly easy with this SE app

It was such a hassle before.

badp

9:56 PM

@RedRiderX uh?

Yuki

There are so many things wrong with this, I don't know where to start.

Unionhawk

4 mins ago, by Unionhawk

@Yuki ಠ_ಠ

RedRiderX

@badp Signing up for a new SE?

I had to go and login though my open id thing and this and that

badp

@RedRiderX it's two clicks

RedRiderX

it's like one button on this app

@badp Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo it is not

Unionhawk

9:57 PM

Yes

kalina

@RedRiderX tis

fredley

@Yuki Okay, I hate that

RedRiderX

Not for me

Unionhawk

1 min ago, by badp

Apr 9 '13 at 15:43, by fredley

@kalina Though I do hate upvote begging, I hate mobile chat more.

kalina

@RedRiderX interesting

fredley

9:58 PM

@Unionhawk okay fine, 99% certified hate free

Unionhawk

@RedRiderX Did you use, like MyOpenID, or something?

RedRiderX

Either way it's like one ok button in the app

@Unionhawk Yes

fredley

1% pure-bred organic hate (dolphin friendly)

RedRiderX

No, actually.

Unionhawk

Well there's your problem.

?

badp

9:58 PM

@fredley How friendly are we talking here?

RedRiderX

That would be worse

Yuki

FAE

@badp Friend of mine has one

Unionhawk

I'm thoroughly confused.

fredley

@badp Not too friendly. Just, you know, friendly.

badp

9:59 PM

@FAE Nice!

Yuki

Talk about holding someone's life in your hands...

RedRiderX

@Unionhawk I use a third party auth thing

Braiam

@Yuki oh well... if there isn't already at view, the less someone wants it...

FAE

Bobst Boy

Bobst Boy is the nickname of Steven Stanzak (born January 25, 1984), a New York University student who spent eight months living in the basement of the school's Bobst Library from September 2003 to April 2004. Before living in the Bobst Library, Stanzak was an ordinary student living on loans and part-time jobs, without financial assistance from his parents. In September 2003, he found that his NYU scholarship, four jobs, and private loans would cover his tuition costs, but he could not get enough loans to cover housing. He refused to drop out or transfer to a cheaper university, choosing...

RedRiderX

We went over this before

Unionhawk

9:59 PM

@FAE I know a couple people who are Wikipedia famous.

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